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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by gtrubetskoy on Thursday December 14, 2017 @04:18PM (#15927149)
Back when the last mile was a real problem, people got pretty inventive with using directional antennas to establish links over vast distances using unlicensed spectrum, which as far as I know is totally legal still.

Here's a Cringely blog from 2001-ish:

https://web.archive.org/web/20011215000823/http://www.pbs.or...

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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by topspin on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:09PM (#15929414)
I did this for a few years in the late 90's, before anything better than POTS was available in my area. Used a 2.4 GHz 24 dBi antenna on my roof to reach an access point on a mountain about 7 miles away. This worked well; the network operators were competent and the service was more reliable than some of the systems I've had since.
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